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I came across this feature and seems to be very useful: I can decrease the interlinear help as I progress

Currently for the Hebrew a limit setting of 5000 seems good for me, but I am not sure how the words are counted in that tool. Sometimes the English literal translation is shown for quite common words and sometimes glosses for words that I feel are not so common are hidden

Sometimes the English literal translation is shown for quite common words and sometimes glosses for words that I feel are not so common are hidden

The visibility of the interlinear data is controlled by the frequency of occurrence of the lemma in the resource. Some words (such as אָבִ֣ינוּ in your screenshot) are formed from multiple lemmas. In this case, the interlinear data for the word will be visible if any of the lemmas need to be visible.

If you want to see how this works, right click on the word, then select the lemma on the right and choose "search this resource" on the left. The lemma with the highest number of search results will control visibility, and the search result count will be directly compared against the count you specify in the Reader's Edition Interlinear settings. (The interlinear data will be visible if your settings are equal to or higher than the search result count.)

This looks like a great feature, I've recently been looking at paper versions of a Readers Hebrew Bible because it wasn't available in Logos. This makes me consider Logos Now more seriously. Could someone tell me, can you use this feature in the Android app? And if so, do you need to be online to use it or can it be used offline as well?

That makes two of us (and probably a whole lot more)! This kind of functionality would be ideal for mobile use. Do we need to post a mobile suggestion for this or would this receive priority in the developments of the mobile apps anyway?

what would be a good word frequency for me to use as a starting point since I've had three semesters each under me?

I think that most Greek Grammar textbooks try and get you down to 50 uses. Most Greek 3 semesters (at seminary) have you learn down to 20 uses (using Metzger's vocabulary aids). Those would be good starting points. If you used a specific grammar, you can always get the flashcard word lists from this faithlife group: https://faithlife.com/word-lists-for-flashcards/activity. You can use the word list as the means to hide the words you know.

what would be a good word frequency for me to use as a starting point since I've had three semesters each under me?

I think that most Greek Grammar textbooks try and get you down to 50 uses. Most Greek 3 semesters (at seminary) have you learn down to 20 uses (using Metzger's vocabulary aids). Those would be good starting points. If you used a specific grammar, you can always get the flashcard word lists from this faithlife group: https://faithlife.com/word-lists-for-flashcards/activity. You can use the word list as the means to hide the words you know.